we've seen the effect of the last presidential debate between president obama and mitt romney, and overall they were not good. you know what, if you look at some of the polls, they're also not as bad as people think they are. post-debate you see virginia where president obama had a small but not insignificant lead before, now he's down by one. but in florida pre-debate he was 47-46 ahead. and post-debate he's still ahead. and ohio, 41-43. but post-debate 51-45. still a pretty damn large lead. he can build on that lead if he's aggressive in the next debate. i don't know if he needs to be as aggressive as joe biden was last night but aggression helps obviously in the first go around he was not. he was talking to diane sawyer. we'll see if he learned a lesson. there was hemming and hawing last time. and mitt romney talking about how he's not going to push for any abortion legislation. is that a lie? now watch president obama's reaction. >> is it a lie. >> no, i actually think his position on--when it comes to women's rights to control their own healthcare decisions what he has been say someth